First Burn chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bm

Difficulty: Advanced

First Burn by Lin-Manuel Miranda


Intro:

Bm  F#  Gmaj7  Dadd4  Em7    x2


Verse:

  Bm                     F#
I saved every letter you wrote me
Gmaj7             Dadd4
From the moment I saw you
  Em7           Bm
I knew you were mine
                  F#
You said you were mine
                   Gmaj7   Dadd4  Em7
I thought you were mine

Bm                     F#
   Do you know what Angelica said
       Gmaj7               Dadd4 Em7
When I told her what you'd done?

She said
Bm                     F#
  "You have married an Icarus
       Gmaj7                  Dadd4  Dadd4/C#
He has flown too close to the sun"


Bm                 F#
Don't take another step in my direction
  Gmaj7             Dadd4   Em7
I can't be trusted around you
Bm                  F#
Don't think you can talk your way
        Gmaj7         Dadd4  Dadd4/C#
Into my arms, into my arms


    Bm                      F#
I'm burning the letters you wrote me
        Gmaj7                   Dadd4
You can stand over there if you want
        Dadd4/C#     Bm
I don't know who you are
                  F#
I have so much to learn
       G
I'm re-reading your letters
                  D/A
And watching them
Bm  F#m  F#m/E  F#/D  G
burn
                  D/A
I'm watching them
Bm  F#m  F#m/E  F#/D  G
burn


    Bm                        F#
You published the letters she wrote to you
    Gmaj7
You told the whole world
        Dadd4             Dadd4/E  Bm
How you brought this girl into our bed
                 F#                        Gmaj7  Dadd4 Dadd4/E
In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives

Bm                    F#
Heaven forbid someone whisper
                   Gmaj7
"He's part of some scheme"
           D
Your enemy whispers
   D/C#        Bm
So you have to scream
             F#
I know about whispers
  G                      D      D/C#
I see how you look at my sister
Bm
Don't

        F#
I'm not naive
G                   D    D/E
I have seen women around you
Bm
Don't
              F#
Think I don't see
                       G
How they fall for your charms
         D     D/E
All your charms

     Bm                      F#
I’m erasing myself from the narrative
     Gmaj7            D          Em7
Let future historians wonder how Eliza
Bm                         F#
Reacted when you broke her heart
G
You have thrown it all away
                     D/A
Stand back, watch it

Bm  F#m  F#m/E  F#/D  G
burn
                  D/A
Just watch it all
Bm  F#m  F#m/E  F#/D  G
burn
                  D
And when the time comes
               Bm
Explain to the children
             F#m
The pain and embarrassment
                     G
You put their mother through
A             D
When will you learn
                   F#
That they are your legacy?
            Bm7
We are your legacy
       D/F#    D/E      G
If you thought you were mine (mine, mine)
Bm
Don't